Iowa.

A Hermes enforcement team gathered in a motel in town to discuss a strategy to eliminate the target individuals.

In human history, some people have thought about the same question countless times:

How can you kill your target under tight protection?

In order to solve this problem, these people invented many strange assassination methods, such as poisoning, lurking, and long-distance sniping... As technology continues to be updated, the methods of assassination are also constantly updated, but with

In contrast, there is a simultaneous upgrade of defense means.

The protection of important people has become a specialized knowledge. In fact, in today's era, it has basically become an impossible task to kill important people with a shotgun.

----The reason why the number one male gunner in a certain server is successful is not because of his superb skills, but simply because his defense is too lax.

But now, the Ark organization is not lax at all in its defense of Ayers.

"Okay, now we are facing a classic problem - how to kill a person in extremely tight defense?"

"First of all, we want to explain that this time our opponents are very familiar with our operational strategies. Since two days ago, Els's movements have been strictly restricted. He has not even taken a step out of this safe house."

"All approaching personnel and vehicles are under strict control. Even official personnel are kept away from the area within 300 meters."

"There are a large number of security personnel standing guard outside. These security personnel are from the best security companies in the world. They are extremely vigilant and have powerful firepower. There is no chance of success in a direct attack."

"Long-range sniping is also not feasible. We can't get a view inside the house and can't see the target person."

Thiel, who was sitting in the middle, was analyzing the situation, and the other team members were quickly writing down notes on paper while asking questions:

"Is it possible to use chemical weapons? Poison gas or something?"

"...If you want Hermes' reputation to be completely ruined, then I have no objection to this method. You have to know that chemical weapons are extremely sensitive - and more importantly, their

The controllability is too poor and the difficulty of obtaining it is too high. Forget about this method.”

"Then poisoning is obviously not feasible... They are completely in a closed environment, and nothing from the outside world can be transported in. If that doesn't work, how about just blowing them up? We still have two sets on hand.

Individual rockets should be able to level that building."

Tyr frowned and shook his head, pointing to the structural diagram of the house hanging on the side and said:

"There is a basement below this building. Our target person is likely to be protected in the basement. Two rockets cannot kill him, nor can it disable all the peripheral security. After they react, the security measures will inevitably be taken again.

If we upgrade, we will have no chance at all."

After hearing what Thiel said, the team members spread their hands and said:

"Then there's really no way... This is one of the highest-defense targets I've ever seen. They probably spent all their resources and funds on it."

"So what are they going to do? Is an ordinary farmer worth their protection?"

Taylor also sighed, and then said:

"That's my problem too - the fact is, even Conn doesn't know what they're going to do."

"The most likely guess now is that they may use this witness named Ayers to hype up some information about the invasion of adjacent dimensions, thereby promoting the development of the consciousness uploading technology they have been pursuing."

"But what exactly it is, we may not have a chance to know."

Having said this, Thiel paused for a moment, then pressed the remote control in his hand to change the projection display on the screen.

"No matter what their purpose is, a full 36 hours have passed since the Ark organization started to contact Ayers. Theoretically, they should be fully prepared for what they want to do by now."

"Then, the time left to us is measured in hours - in every minute in the future, they can immediately implement the follow-up plan, and we must solve the problem as soon as possible."

After his words fell, the room immediately fell into silence.

No one can come up with any effective method at a time like this, especially when conditions are so difficult.

The only way to confront a professional security team is to find another team, but if you really do this, it means a large-scale war and exchange of fire, not to mention the internal problems of the Hermes organization. Even the authorities cannot allow this to happen.

For a while, the team reached a deadlock.

At this moment, Thiel's phone rang. He glanced at the display on the screen, shook his head helplessly, and used lip language to tell several other team members that the caller was Conn.

After taking a deep breath, Thiel answered the phone.

"Mr. Conn...Yes, there is no progress yet."

"Yes, we are still discussing. The opponent's defense is very tight. We have not thought of a way to break the defense for the time being..."

"No, no, there is no official organization involved now..."

"I know that we are not considering the consequences. We even proposed using poison gas as an alternative... I understand."

"You can tell me your suggestions..."

"Yes, we can basically confirm that there is an underground fortress in the building where they are located."

"No, the building itself is not high, only two floors."

"From the intelligence point of view, there should be no road to the outside world for the fortress - yes, just like you said, it is an underground tomb, but the problem is that we lack weapons that can cause damage to this tomb."

"Earth penetrating bomb?"

There was a wry smile on Taylor's face.

"There are no earth-penetrating bombs or thermobaric bombs... Our strongest firepower is only two individual rockets, and the killing range is very limited."

"The explosion won't cause much damage unless..."

Before Thiel finished speaking, Conn on the opposite side seemed to interrupt him. His expression suddenly became dull, and then, in that dullness, a bit of indescribable shock and fear emerged.

"I understand, we will contact you immediately."

With that said, Thiel hung up the phone. Then, he looked at the waiting team members, frowned and said:

"Mr. Conn helped us find a plan."

"This plan... is cruel, but fortunately, all the needed resources are easily available."

"The methods we use are not very sensitive and should not have too bad an impact."

"So now, everyone is ready. We will set off immediately. The operation will begin in three hours."
Chapter completed!